String Functions string
Learn how to use String functions in the personalization editor.
Camel Case camelCase
The camelCase function capitalizes the first letter of each word of a string.
Syntax
{%= camelCase(string)%}
Example
The following function will capitalize the first letter of word in the profile’s street address.
{%= camelCase(profile.homeAddress.street) %}
Char code at char-code-at
The charCodeAt function returns ASCII value of a character, like the charCodeAt function in JavaScript. It takes a string and an integer (defining the position of character) as input arguments and returns its corresponding ASCII value.
Syntax
{%= charCodeAt(string,int) %}: int
Example
The following function returns the ASCII value of o i.e 111.
{%= charCodeAt("some", 1)%}
Concat concate
The concat function combines two strings into one.
Syntax
{%= concat(string,string) %}
Example
The following function will combine profile city and country in a single string.
{%= concat(profile.homeAddress.city,profile.homeAddress.country) %}
Contains contains
The contains function is used to determine if a string contains a specified substring.
Syntax
{%= contains(STRING_1, STRING_2, CASE_SENSITIVE) %}
STRING_1STRING_2CASE_SENSITIVEExamples
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The following function will check if the profile first name contains the letter A (in upper or lower case). If this is the case, it will return ‘true’, else it will return ‘false’.
code language-sql {%= contains(profile.person.name.firstName, "A", false) %} -
The following query determines, with case sensitivity, if the person’s email address contains the string “2010@gm”.
code language-sql {%= contains(profile.person.emailAddress,"2010@gm") %}
Does not contain doesNotContain
The doesNotContain function is used to determine if a string does not contain a specified substring.
Syntax
{%= doesNotContain(STRING_1, STRING_2, CASE_SENSITIVE)%}
STRING_1STRING_2CASE_SENSITIVEExample
The following query determines, with case sensitivity, if the person’s email address does not contain the string “2010@gm”.
{%= doesNotContain(profile.person.emailAddress,"2010@gm")%}
Does not end with doesNotEndWith
The doesNotEndWith function is used to determine if a string does not end with a specified substring.
Syntax
{%= doesNotEndWith(STRING_1, STRING_2, CASE_SENSITIVE)%}
{STRING_1}{STRING_2}{CASE_SENSITIVE}Example
The following query determines, with case sensitivity, if the person’s email address does not end with “.com”.
doesNotEndWith(person.emailAddress,".com")
Does not start with doesNotStartWith
The doesNotStartWith function is used to determine if a string does not start with a specified substring.
Syntax
{%= doesNotStartWith(STRING_1, STRING_2, CASE_SENSITIVE)%}
{STRING_1}{STRING_2}{CASE_SENSITIVE}Example
The following query determines, with case sensitivity, if the person’s name does not start with “Joe”.
{%= doesNotStartWith(person.name,"Joe")%}
Encode 64 encode64
The encode64 function is used to encode a string to preserve Personal Information (PI) if to be included for example in a URL.
Syntax
{%= encode64(string) %}
Ends with endsWith
The endsWith function is used to determine if a string ends with a specified substring.
Syntax
{%= endsWith(STRING_1, STRING_2, CASE_SENSITIVE) %}
{STRING_1}{STRING_2}{CASE_SENSITIVE}Example
The following query determines, with case sensitivity, if the person’s email address ends with “.com”.
{%= endsWith(person.emailAddress,".com") %}
Equals equals
The equals function is used to determine if a string is equal to the specified string, with case sensitivity.
Syntax
{%= equals(STRING_1, STRING_2) %}
{STRING_1}{STRING_2}Example
The following query determines, with case sensitivity, if the person’s name is “John”.
{%=equals(profile.person.name,"John") %}
Equals Ignore Case equalsIgnoreCase
The equalsIgnoreCase function is used to determine if a string is equal to the specified string, without case sensitivity.
Syntax
{%= equalsIgnoreCase(STRING_1, STRING_2) %}
{STRING_1}{STRING_2}Example
The following query determines, without case sensitivity, if the person’s name is “John”.
{%= equalsIgnoreCase(profile.person.name,"John") %}
Extract Email Domain extractEmailDomain
The extractEmailDomain function is used to extract the domain of an email address.
Syntax
{%= extractEmailDomain(string) %}
Example
The following query extracts the email domain of the personal email address.
{%= extractEmailDomain(profile.personalEmail.address) %}
Format currency format-currency
The formatCurrency function is used to convert any number into its corresponding language-sensitive currency representation depending on the locale passed as a string in the second argument.
Syntax
{%= formatCurrency(number/double,string) %}: string
Example
This query returns £56.00
{%= formatCurrency(56L,"en_GB") %}
Get url host get-url-host
The getUrlHost function is used to retrieve the hostname of a URL.
Syntax
{%= getUrlHost(string) %}: string
Example
{%= getUrlHost("https://www.myurl.com/contact") %}
Returns “www.myurl.com”
Get url path get-url-path
The getUrlPath function is used to retrieve the path after the domain name of a URL.
Syntax
{%= getUrlPath(string) %}: string
Example
{%= getUrlPath("https://www.myurl.com/contact.html") %}
Returns “/contact.html”
Get url protocol get-url-protocol
The getUrlProtocol function is used to retrieve the protocol of a URL.
Syntax
{%= getUrlProtocol(string) %}: string
Example
{%= getUrlProtocol("https://www.myurl.com/contact.html") %}
Returns “http”
Index Of index-of
The indexOf function is used to return the position (in the first argument) of the first occurrence of the second parameter. Returns -1 if there is no match.
Syntax
{%= indexOf(STRING_1, STRING_2) %}: integer
{STRING_1}{STRING_2}Example
{%= indexOf("hello world","world" ) %}
Returns 6.
Is empty isEmpty
The isEmpty function is used to determine if a string is empty.
Syntax
{%= isEmpty(string) %}
Example
The following function returns ‘true’ if the profile’s mobile phone number is empty. Else, it will return ‘false’.
{%= isEmpty(profile.mobilePhone.number) %}
Is Not Empty is-not-empty
The isNotEmpty function is used to determine if a string is not empty.
Syntax
{= isNotEmpty(string) %}: boolean
Example
The following function returns ‘true’ if the profile’s mobile phone number is not empty. Else, it will return ‘false’.
{%= isNotEmpty(profile.mobilePhone.number) %}
Last Index Of last-index-of
The lastIndexOf function is used to return the position (in the first argument) of the last occurrence of the second parameter. Returns -1 if there is no match.
Syntax
{= lastIndexOf(STRING_1, STRING_2) %}: integer
{STRING_1}{STRING_2}Example
{%= lastIndexOf("hello world","o" ) %}
Returns 7.
Left trim leftTrim
The leftTrim function is used to remove white spaces from beginning of a string.
Syntax
{%= leftTrim(string) %}
Length length
The length function is used to get the number of characters in a string or an expression.
Syntax
{%= length(string) %}
Example
The following function returns the length of the profile’s city name.
{%= length(profile.homeAddress.city) %}
Like like
The like function is used to determine if a string matches a specified pattern.
Syntax
{%= like(STRING_1, STRING_2) %}
{STRING_1}{STRING_2}The expression to match against the first string. There are two supported special characters for creating an expression: % and _.
%is used to represent zero or more characters._is used to represent exactly one character.
Example
The following query retrieves all the cities where profiles live containing the pattern “es”.
{%= like(profile.homeAddress.city, "%es%")%}
Lower Case lower
The lowerCase function converts a string to lower case letters.
Syntax
{%= lowerCase(string) %}
Example
This function converts the profile first name to lower case letters.
{%= lowerCase(profile.person.name.firstName) %}
Matches matches
The matches function is used to determine if a string matches a specific regular expression. Please refer to this document for more information on matching patterns in regular expressions.
Syntax
{%= matches(STRING_1, STRING_2) %}
Example
The following query determines, without case sensitivity, if the person’s name starts with “John”.
{%= matches(person.name.,"(?i)^John") %}
Mask mask
The Mask function is used to replace a part of a string with “X” characters.
Syntax
{%= mask(string,integer,integer) %}
Example
The following query replaces the “123456789” string with “X” characters, excepted for the first and the last 2 characters.
{%= mask("123456789",1,2) %}
The query returns 1XXXXXX89.
MD5 md5
The md5 function is used to calculate and return the md5 hash of a string.
Syntax
{%= md5(string) %}: string
Example
{%= md5("hello world") %}
Returns “5eb63bbbe01eeed093cb22bb8f5acdc3”
Not equal to notEqualTo
The notEqualTo function is used to determine if a string is not equal to the specified string.
Syntax
{%= notEqualTo(STRING_1, STRING_2) %}
{STRING_1}{STRING_2}Example
The following query determines, with case sensitivity, if the person’s name is not “John”.
{%= notEqualTo(profile.person.name,"John") %}
Not Equal With Ignore Case not-equal-with-ignore-case
The notEqualWithIgnoreCase function is used to compare two strings ignoring case.
Syntax
{= notEqualWithIgnoreCase(STRING_1,STRING_2) %}: boolean
{STRING_1}{STRING_2}Example
The following query determines if the person’s name is not “john”, with no case sensitivity.
{%= notEqualTo(profile.person.name,"john") %}
Regular expression group regexGroup
The Group function is used to extract specific information, based on the regular expression provided.
Syntax
{%= regexGroup(STRING, EXPRESSION, GROUP) %}
{STRING}{EXPRESSION}{GROUP}Example
The following query is used to extract the domain name from an email address.
{%= regexGroup(emailAddress,"@(\\w+)", 1) %}
Replace replace
The replace function is used to replace a given substring in a string with another substring.
Syntax
{%= replace(STRING_1,STRING_2,STRING_3) %}:string
{STRING_1}{STRING_2}{STRING_3}Example
{%= replace("Hello John, here is your monthly newsletter!","John","Mark") %}
Returns “Hello Mark, here is your monthly newsletter!”
Replace All replaceAll
The replaceAll function is used to replace all substrings of a text that matches the “regex” expression with the specified literal “replacement” string. Regex has special handling of "" and “+” and all regex expressions follow PQL escaping strategy. The replacement proceeds from the beginning of the string to the end, for example, replacing “aa” with “b” in the string “aaa” will result in “ba” rather than “ab”.
Syntax
{%= replaceAll(string,string,string) %}
//). Special regex characters are: [., +, *, ?, ^, $, (, ), [, ], {, }, |, .]Right trim rightTrim
The rightTrim function is used removes white spaces from end of a string.
Syntax
{%= rightTrim(string) %}
Split split
The split function is used to split a string by a given character.
Syntax
{%= split(string,string) %}
Starts with startsWith
The startsWith function is used to determine if a string starts with a specified substring.
Syntax
{%= startsWith(STRING_1, STRING_2, CASE_SENSITIVE) %}
{STRING_1}{STRING_2}{CASE_SENSITIVE}Example
The following query determines, with case sensitivity, if the person’s name starts with “Joe”.
{%= startsWith(person.name,"Joe") %}
String to date string-to-date
The stringToDate function converts a string value into a date-time value. It takes two arguments: string representation of a date-time and string representation of the formatter.
Syntax
{= stringToDate("date-time value","formatter" %}
Example
{= stringToDate("2023-01-10 23:13:26", "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss") %}
String to integer string-to-integer
The string_to_integer function is used to convert a string value into an integer value.
Syntax
{= string_to_integer(string) %}: int
String to number string-to-number
The stringToNumber function is used to convert a string into number. It returns the same string as output for invalid input.
Syntax
{%= stringToNumber(string) %}: double
Sub string sub-string
The Count string function is used to return the sub-string of the string expression between the begin index and the end index.
Syntax
{= substr(string, integer, integer) %}: string
Title Case titleCase
The titleCase function is used to capitalize first letters of each words of a string.
Syntax
{%= titleCase(string) %}
Example
If the person lives in Washington high street, this function will return Washington High Street.
{%= titleCase(profile.person.location.Street) %}
To Bool to-bool
The toBool function is used to convert an argument value into a boolean value, depending on its type.
Syntax
{= toBool(string) %}: boolean
To Date Time to-date-time
The toDateTime function is used to convert string to date. It returns the epoch date as output for invalid input.
Syntax
{%= toDateTime(string, string) %}: date-time
To Date Time Only to-date-time-only
The toDateTimeOnly function is used to convert an argument value into a date time only value. It returns the epoch date as output for invalid input. This function accepts string, date, long and int field types.
Syntax
{%= toDateTimeOnly(string/date/long/int) %}: date-time
Trim trim
The trim function removes all white spaces from the beginning and at the end of a string.
Syntax
{%= trim(string) %}
Upper Case upper
The upperCase function converts a string to upper case letters.
Syntax
{%= upperCase(string) %}
Example
This function converts the profile last name to upper case letters.
{%= upperCase(profile.person.name.lastName) %}
Url decode url-decode
The urlDecode function is used to decode a url encoded string.
Syntax
{%= urlDecode(string) %}: string
Url encode url-encode
The Count only null function is used to url encode a string.
Syntax
{%= urlEncode(string) %}: string